If you complain about Dyfed-Powys Police and ask for a review, the reviewing body found the force's original outcome was not reasonable and proportionate in 21.3% of 75 completed reviews in 2024/25, the 24th highest of 43 forces and 3.2 points below the national figure of 24.5%.

21.3%

of completed reviews found Dyfed-Powys Police's own complaint outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

IOPC, 2024/25. 16 of 75 reviews.

397

complaint cases per 1,000 employees

IOPC, 2024/25. 893 cases, 2,247 employees.

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80 people applied for a review of how Dyfed-Powys Police handled their complaint. 61 went to the local policing body and 19 to the IOPC.

Source: IOPC, 2024/25. Figures as published; see the tables on this page for the full denominators.

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Complaints about Dyfed-Powys Police

Complaint cases logged	893
Employees	2,247
Cases per 1,000 employees	397.4 (26th of 44)
Review applications to the local policing body	61
Review applications to the IOPC	19

Where reviews found the outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

Route	Reviews completed	Outcome overturned	Rate
Local policing body, complaint not investigated	62	11	17.7%

Stop and search by Dyfed-Powys Police

Searches recorded	8,883
Period	2023-07 to 2025-11
Months of data	29 of 36
More than outer clothing removed	0

What Dyfed-Powys Police searched people for

Stated object of search	Searches
Controlled drugs	5,203
Offensive weapons	853
Anything to threaten or harm anyone	635
Stolen goods	532
Article for use in theft	427

Who Dyfed-Powys Police searched

Officer-defined ethnicity	Searches	Share
White	8,423	96.8%
Asian	128	1.5%
Black	119	1.4%
Other	31	0.4%

Calculated over the 8,701 searches where an officer recorded an ethnicity, which is 98.0% of all searches by this force.

Compared with who lives in the Dyfed-Powys Police area

Ethnic group	Share of searches	Share of residents	Ratio
Asian	1.5%	1.1%	1.4x
White	96.8%	97.3%	1.0x

What this ratio is and is not. It compares the share of searches to the share of people resident in this force area at the 2021 Census. It takes no account of who is present in a place rather than living there, which matters most in city centres and transport hubs. A ratio above one means a group is searched more often than its resident share, and that is a pattern requiring explanation, not evidence of discrimination in itself. Groups under 0.5% of the resident population are omitted because the figure becomes unstable. Every force compared.

Recording gaps. Dyfed-Powys Police did not record an outcome for 25.2% of its searches over this period. Percentages on this page are calculated only over the records where the relevant field was actually recorded.

Use of force by Dyfed-Powys Police

Year	Use of force reports	Relative volume
2020/21	3,116
2021/22	5,572
2022/23	8,653
2023/24	5,867
2024/25	5,839

Recorded use of force by Dyfed-Powys Police has risen 87.4% since 2020/21. Nationally the total rose 39.4% over the same period, so this force is rising faster than the national trend.

Taser use

Total recorded Taser uses	249
Of which discharged	23
Share actually discharged	9.2%

Most recorded Taser use is drawing, aiming or red-dotting rather than firing. The share actually discharged is the figure worth knowing.

Complaining to Dyfed-Powys Police

Complaints go to the force first. Use its own official channel so the complaint is recorded properly and you get written confirmation.

Dyfed-Powys Police official websiteSource: data.police.uk
Telephone: 101Non-emergency number. Always call 999 in an emergency.

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What you can do about it

Complaining to a force and bringing a claim against it are different processes with different outcomes. Reviews overturn the force's own finding in roughly a quarter of cases nationally, which makes the review stage worth understanding before you use it.

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Dyfed-Powys Police in the news

The five most recent reports mentioning this force, collected automatically. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named. We do not edit, summarise or endorse them, and inclusion here does not imply any finding against anyone.

Dyfed-Powys warns of slower response as control room faces Bank Holiday demand The Pembrokeshire Herald · 29 Aug 2026
Response times could be slower this bank holiday weekend, warn Dyfed-Powys Police Tivyside Advertiser · 29 Aug 2026
Overnight closure finally lifted hours after major police incident response The Western Telegraph · 29 Aug 2026
Man who went missing in Wales could be in Norfolk Edp24 · 29 Aug 2026
Police issue appeal for missing Anthony from mid Wales County Times · 28 Aug 2026

Sources

Independent Office for Police Conduct, police complaints statistics for England and Wales, 2024/25.
data.police.uk stop and search API, 2023-07 to 2025-11. Accessed 2026-08-29.
Home Office police use of force statistics, England and Wales, 2024/25.

Data last refreshed 29 August 2026, covering 2023-07 to 2025-11. Every figure on this page is recomputed from the source datasets, not edited by hand. Found something wrong? Tell us.